ST. IRENAEUS OF LYONS AGAINST THE HERESIES
TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED
BY
DOMINIC J. UNGER, O.F.M. CAP.
Late of St. Patrick Friary Saint Louis, Missouri
WITH FURTHER REVISIONS
BY
JOHN J. DILLON
VOLUME I
Book I
THE NEWMAN PRESS
New York, N.Y. / Mahwah, N.J.
BY
CAPUCHIN PROVINCE OF MID-AMERICA
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyons.
[Adversus haereses. English]
Against the heresies/St. Irenaeus of Lyons; translated and annotated by Dominic J. Unger with further revisions by John J. Dillon.
p. cm.—(Ancient Christian writers; no. 55–)
Translation of: Adversus haereses.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8091-0454-7 (v. 1)
1. Gnosticism—Controversial literature—Early works to 1800. 2. Theology, Doctrinal—Early works to 1800. I. Unger, Dominic J. II. Dillon, John J. III. Title. IV. Series: Ancient Christian writers; no. 55, etc.
BR60.A35 no.55, etc.
[BR65.I63]
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Ancient Christian Writers
THE WORKS OF THE FATHERS IN TRANSLATION
edited by
WALTER J. BURGHARDT
THOMAS COMERFORD LAWLER
JOHN J. DILLON
No. 55
Purpose and Plan of Adversus Haereses
Chapter 1: The Valentinians’ Absurd Explanation of the Origin of the Aeons
Chapter 2: The Defection of Wisdom outside the Fullness and Her Restoration by Limit. The Emission of Christ and the Formation of Jesus
Chapter 3: The Valentinians Misuse the Scriptures in Support of Their Errors
Chapter 4: The Formation of Achamoth and of the Material World from Her Passion
Chapter 5: The Formation of Demiurge and of Man
Chapter 6: The Threefold Element in Persons. The Formation of Savior. Salvation is through Knowledge, Hence Good Works are Useless
Chapter 7: The Three Classes of Persons and Their Eternal Lot
Chapter 8: The Valentinians Pervert the Scriptures in Order to Prove Their Fabrications outside the Fullness
Chapter 9: Refutation of the Gnostic Use of the Scriptures
Chapter 10: The Rule of the Truth Is One in the Church Throughout the World
Chapter 11: The System of Valentinus and His Followers
Chapter 12: Tenets of the Followers of Ptolemaeus and Colorbasus
Chapter 13: The Deceitful Arts and Wicked Practices of Marcus
Chapter 14: The Marcosian System in Numbers and Letters
Chapter 15: The Account of Silence to Marcus about the Generation of the Twenty-Four Characters and of Jesus
Chapter 16: The Absurd Interpretations of the Marcosians
Chapter 17: The Marcosian Theory That Created Things Were Made after the Pattern of the Invisible Beings
Chapter 18: The Marcosians Distort Passages of the Pentateuch to Support Their Fabrications about Creation
Chapter 19: The Marcosians Allege the Scriptures Prove That First-Father Was Unknown ...
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About St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies, Volume 1, Book 1Against the Heresies establishes Irenaeus as the most important theologian of the second century. It is a detailed and effective refutation of Gnosticism, and a major source of information on the various Gnostic sects and doctrines in early Christianity. |
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